Pharmacy Residency
Norman Regional Pharmacy Residency program is open to three PGY-1 residents, allowing for significant camaraderie with your co-residents, while also providing plenty of one-on-one preceptor interaction. You will train and be mentored under the guidance of passionate and experienced board-certified preceptors who are progressive and committed to improving patient care. Our program has been ASHP accredited since 2001, with 54 successful graduates as of June 2025.
Pharmacy Residency Mission Statement
As a proactive and progressive department, the Department of Pharmacy Services will seek to optimize pharmacy care* in all settings through collaboration with the patient, physician and other health care providers.
*Pharmacy care is defined as the direct, responsible provision of medication-related care for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve the patient’s quality of life.
Residency Goals
- Develop clinical, practical, and administrative skills in a unique variety of settings in a community health system.
- Learn to work independently and as a part of an interdisciplinary team to promote optimal drug therapy and responsible drug therapy outcomes.
- Contribute to the knowledge of the field through teaching and seeking publication.
- Develop and complete a major research project.
Residency Requirements
Doctor of Pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy, eligibility
for licensure in the state of Oklahoma,
letter of intent, curriculum vitae, academic transcript, three letters
of recommendation, and an interview.
Learning Experiences
All are one month unless otherwise noted.
Required:
- Adult Medicine (6 weeks)
- Cardiology
- Clinical Orientation (6 weeks)
- Critical Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Major Project (Longitudinal)
- Med Prep/Distribution (Longitudinal)
- Practice Management/Administration (Longitudinal)
- Precepting
- Primers (1 week)
- Rehabilitative Care (Longitudinal)
Elective:
- Ambulatory Care (off-site)
- Administration
- Advanced electives of required rotations
- Nutrition
- Oncology (off-site)
- PICU/NICU (off-site)
- Transitions of Care
Teaching
Teaching activities include precepting APPE student clinical rotations, professional inservices, didactic lectures for emergency medicine medical residents and optional ASHP teaching certificate. Residents will be required to present posters at the ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting and provide a podium presentation at a regional residency conference.
Staffing
Starting the first weekend after Labor Day, each resident will staff three days every three weeks.
Benefits
- Expenses paid for ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting and Regional Research Conference
- Four holidays
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Ten vacation/sick days
Stipend
$47,500
Click here to download the Pharmacy Residency Brochure in a pdf!
About the Pharmacy
The Norman Regional Health System Pharmacy Department is a highly eclectic group, employing 48 registered pharmacists (including three pharmacy residents), 33 technicians, and a department assistant. Of the pharmacists, 16 have completed a pharmacy practice residency, three have completed a specialty residency, and 14 are Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialists.
You will find our pharmacists, in conjunction with technicians, profiling orders, answering drug information questions, compounding and dispensing medications, filling employee/indigent prescriptions, providing support in the surgery satellite pharmacies, precepting students, and performing direct patient care activities such as pharmacokinetic monitoring, renal dosing of medications, and nutrition management.
The pharmacy is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and there is also a Clinical Pharmacist on-call at all times. Pharmacists perform multiple other clinical activities including anticoagulation monitoring for all hospitalized patients, influenza vaccination screening/ordering, IV to PO medication conversion, and antimicrobial stewardship program activities. Pharmacists are also active members of various hospital committees in addition to managing many other responsibilities throughout the health system.
The pharmacy department consists of a centralized distribution pharmacy, inpatient floor based clinical pharmacy specialists and surgery pharmacy satellites. Some of the clinical services and precepting opportunities we provide include:
- 24/7 On-call
- Adult Parenteral Nutrition Management
- Anticoagulation Management
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Clinical Services
- Comprehensive Renal Dosing Program
- Drug Information
- Medical Resident Didactics
- Medication Reconciliation
- Medication Use Evaluation
- Nursing In-services
- Precepting P4 Students
About the Health System
Norman Regional Health System is a not-for-profit community health system. Our flagship hospital, Norman Regional Hospital is licensed for 305 beds, providing for the health and wellness needs of our regional communities. Our health system is large enough to provide a well-rounded clinical experience and small enough to provide a personal, interdisciplinary, and family like atmosphere. We provide a variety of comprehensive health care services, including:
- Cardiology
- Critical Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Inpatient and Outpatient Rehabilitative Care
- Medical/Surgical
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Orthopedics
- Outpatient Infusion Therapy
- Women’s and Children’s Services
About the City of Norman
Welcome to Norman, Oklahoma, home of the University of Oklahoma and the “City of Festivals.” Norman is located in central Oklahoma, 17 miles south of Oklahoma City. With a population of 128,000, the city offers a variety of restaurants, shopping opportunities and affordable housing. In fact, housing costs and the cost of living are below the national average.
Pharmacy Residency Contact
Christopher Brown, Pharm D, BCPS
Pharmacist, Residency Program Director
cbrown@nrh-ok.com
Office: 405-307-1952
